Medford BoE 2001 Referendum Projects

Medford, NJ

Shortly after becoming Superintendent of the Medford School District, Susan Mintz contracted two separate demographic firms to forecast student enrollments. They agreed: additional students were coming and the current facilities lacked the capacity for this growth.

The Superintendent, BoE, and Architect conducted a series of public outreach meetings. In a community deeply supportive of quality education, these meetings achieved consensus on the following directives:

Since existing District properties could not accommodate expansion, the Project Team (including Administrators, Architect, Civil Engineer, and Construction Manager) analyzed numerous possible educational & site configurations. With additional public outreach, the BoE advanced a program of expanding the middle school, building two new elementary schools & a new transportation facility, and upgrading facilities at the other three schools.

This $48 million Capital Improvements project coincided with a grant program available from the NJ School Construction Corporation. Despite the extensive scope and complexity of the work (which included land acquisition & approvals), Medford’s application was one of the first in the state submitted, approved, and built (on time & under budget).